GNDS 125 Lecture 6: GNDS 125 week 6

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14 May 2018

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GNDS 125

Gender, Race, and Pop Culture

Week 6

Representation of Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Marvel Cinematic Universe

o Comic books super heroes and capitalism!

o One common universe

• 2011: only 11% of film protagonists and 37% if prime time tv actors were women

• 30.8% of speaking characters are women

• 10.7% of movies feature a balanced cast

• Twice as many male actors

• No representation of LGBTQ+ peoples

• Superhero industry: associated w misogynistic and objectifying content and fan

behaviour

• Women of colour tend to be covered up (aliens, different skin)

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